Psalm 40

There is something in the nature of love that makes it everlasting. It never ends, but keeps going on and on forever. By contrast, there is something in the nature of sin that makes it self-destruct. It cannot last, but quickly spirals down to nothing. In this chapter of Psalms, we get a glimpse of God’s nature, the nature of love:

“O Lord my God, you have performed many wonders for us. Your plans for us are too numerous to list. You have no equal. If I tried to recite all your wonderful deeds, I would never come to the end of them.” (vs 5)

There is no way to describe everything the Lord has done for us. In fact, there is probably no way for us to even realize everything the Lord has done for us. Every moment we live and breathe, He is sustaining us, guiding us, and protecting us. His thoughts toward us are only good, never evil. We will probably never know just how much God has done for us.

I like how David says that God’s plans for us are too numerous to list. To me, this means that no matter how many times we screw up one of His plans, He has another one to move on to. Because He is pure love, as long as we remain open to His leading, it doesn’t matter how many mistakes we make. There is no way we could ever get to the point where He would say, “I’m sorry. You’ve screwed things up far too much. I can’t fix it.” No, the more we mess up, the more good He is able to bring from our bad choices.

The more we learn about God throughout eternity, the more wonderful things about Him we will discover. And, as David says, if we tried to recount all the amazing acts of God, we would talk forever. We would never run out of things to say.

Sounds like a wonderful way to spend eternity!